Sentence examples for be scapegoated from inspiring English sources
noun
In the Mosaic Day of Atonement ritual, a goat symbolically imbued with the sins of the people, and sent out alive into the wilderness while another was sacrificed.
In spite of their repeated expression of allegiance, they feel they are going to be scapegoated anyway.
The far right's appeal is based on scapegoating, a timeless means of foiling proper thought, and there is never a limit to what and who can be scapegoated.
Those students are likely "to be scapegoated or targeted for harassment" if they do not participate, said Donna Lieberman, interim director of the organization.
Parents occasionally turn up to be scapegoated for their cluelessness and poor communication skills, but Mr. Clark treats all generations with equal contempt.
Communities Secretary John Denham's comparison with the 1930s fascist campaign against the Jews is welcome insofar as it sends a message of solidarity to those Muslims who feel besieged right now and reminds us how disadvantaged minorities can be scapegoated.
He explained that as long as the drug met F.D.A. requirements, it ought to pass muster; Zohydro ER could not be scapegoated simply by virtue of being an opioid.
Muslim women are being scapegoated.
Suddenly Sherman was being scapegoated.
Most have been scapegoated and marginalized.
We feel we've been scapegoated.
Social animals especially have been scapegoated since time immemorial.
